at the present time, it's their right to request it. >> and medicare has to pay. >> and medicare pays for it. >> charlie haggard died a few months later. a family member told us his condition had deteriorated so much, they decided to let him go peacefully. but when it comes to expensive high-tech treatment with some potential to extend life, there are few restrictions. by law, medicare cannot reject any treatment based upon cost. it will pay $40,000 for a 93-year-old man with terminal cancer to get a surgically implanted defibrillator if he happens to have heart problems too. >> i think you cannot make these decisions on a case-by-case basis. it would be much easier for us to say, "we simply do not put defibrillators into people in this condition." meaning, your age, your functional status, the ability to make full benefit of the defibrillator. now, that's--again, that's going to outrage a lot of people-- >> but you think that should happen. >> i think at some point, it has to happen. >> well, this is a version, then, of pulling grandma off the machine. >> you know, i have to say, i t